When you're young the idea of turning into your parents seems completely ridiculous, and not at all welcome. By the time it happens it seems quite a good idea.

I remember after my father died I ran into a friend of his and he said "Your father will never be dead while you're alive", and I felt it as the best compliment I'd had in a long time. But we drove each other crazy more often than not.

But he was a lot better at fixing lawnmowers than I am, though I'm getting better as stuff like that these days.